Mentoring in Academia: Considerations for Diverse Populations

The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring: A Multiple Perspectives Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 259-280

  Sedlacek, William E ^a   Benjamin, Eric ^b,c,d   Schlosser, Lewis Z ^e   Sheu, Hung Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Montgomery College   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic mentoring; Academic support; African American students; Asian Americans; Mentoring relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889420710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691960.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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